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Re: Tad is coming to Europe!

To sisterdew and Magpie:

Be sure to tell Tad when you see him, who you are and that you are regulars on his website. (Use your site names first when you introduce yourselves to him.) With any luck you will then get to spend exclusive one on one time with him. I went to see him when he was in Montreal last October for a local fantasy convention. He ended up introducing himself to me and I spent 45 minutes talking to him in the hotel lobby where the convention was located.

Re: Tad is coming to Europe!

I'll definetly be in Göttingen.

*dances little dance of joy*

It's been six years since he was here the last time. I remember quite well, I was big with child no. 2 ans cyan came over for a visit and we went together to Münster for a fab reading and drinks with the dog afterwards

As the Göttingen is on a sunday we could have a small weekend moot in Kassel if anyone is interested. Kassel where I live is only 50km south of Göttingen ... Consider yourselves invited smarchees!

'Inij koku na siqqasa min taq' - 'When we meet again, that will be a good day.'

*silently hopes for Tad to reply that the tone of the series will be B flat* - Genisis X

Re: Tad is coming to Europe!

ylvs wrote:

It's been six years since he was here the last time. I remember quite well, I was big with child no. 2 ans cyan came over for a visit and we went together to Münster for a fab reading and drinks with the dog afterwards

It has been six years, how time flies! I had such a great time on that trip! I was remembering earlier today about how I was on the train from Amsterdam to Hamburg and a gas leak in a tunnel prevented me from arriving at the proper station in Hamburg for your friend to pick me up (I feel so bad right now, I can't remember her name at the moment; she was so awesome and sweet, we had a lovely tapas meal together and she even packed sandwiches for me to have during my in in Hamburg by myself. I will never forget that, ever). There was a very nice man wearing a very nice tie* who spoke very good English explained to me why the train was not going further we had to disembark at the station before the station that I needed to get to. And led me through the train system's alternate transit route, which was getting passengers off the train and onto busses going to the next station.

Fortunately I remembered your discription of your friend's car and license plate number, and the very nice man explained to me that the first letters of her license plate comes from a different region so it was easy to pick out in a parking lot in Hamburg. We found her car rather quickly and he very kindly allowed me to use his phone to call you to let you know where I was.

I guess it really has been six years because I can't remember your friend's name, and I feel really bad about that because she was so generous and wonderful. *shame* (I want to say 'Caterina' but I know your sister's name is Katerina and I may be mixing them up in my silly head.)

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We'll have to wait another week before xavie gets the full details of her schedule. >.<

The week before Göttingen is autumn vacation for us, which is hopeful, but I also have a concert on the Tuesday that week which I really don't want to miss, which makes doing both SPIEL and visiting friends/family and Göttingen hard to do. (And Göttingen would only be doable in the first place if xavie has Mondays off.)So Düsseldorf is still in the running as well.

(SPIEL, btw, is the biggest international boardgame convention, where most big games are released for the first time (a good showing there can cement the future of a game; 7 Wonders was last year's big hit), there's lots of demos, and usually some good promo expansions for new and existing games given away/sold. It's not a must for me to attend, but if it'd fit in somehow, it could certainly shape the trip.)

Mozilla developer comment of the however long it'll be this time:<Mossop> run for the hills!<Boriss> i can't, i'm at a local maximum!

Re: Tad is coming to Europe!

Ok, xavie finally got the last details on her schedule, and it looks like Göttingen will be workable for us. SPIEL will unfortunately fall by the wayside in favour of friends and family, but eh - I'd only have spent too much money there anyway. *g* Not 100% certain yet, but we'll work out details in the next few days.

I just emailed Tad to see if he has any free time on that Sunday before or after his reading. Fingers crossed.

(Not relevant anymore, but worth mentioning for other people maybe: the news post on the main site has Köln rather than Düsseldorf for the 28th.)

Mozilla developer comment of the however long it'll be this time:<Mossop> run for the hills!<Boriss> i can't, i'm at a local maximum!